Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-01-22
THE MARKET.
st. Louis, Mo. Jan. 10th, 1887.

APPLES-in in fair demand and steady
Offerings small. Choice to fancy ben davis
willow-twig and like varieties ranged at
S2.75@3.25; winesap, S2.50@3.OO; genit-
ing S2@ 5.25: Eastern assorted varieties at
S5.5U@3.O0. Common, small or frosted
fruit ess.
DRIED FRUIT-Strong and demand
good for all kinds. Apples-Sun dried, old
and poor, 3tG4c; fair to good quarters,
40 sc; choice bright quarters, 5h@5hc;
peelings and cores, ,2h@3c; evaporated-
quarters and sliced, SO 9hc; prime to fancy
rings, 10@11hc; Peaches - Sun-dried,
quarters and Mixed 4A@2c; fair to good
halves (old), 5@6c; chico halves (new), 6H
Gs 7c; evaporated, peeled, 149 1Sc; evapo-
ted. unpeeled, LOG lac. Blackberries, 10
@10hc. I
LITE BEANS.-Steady, but quiet.
Hand d-picked eastern sell in a small way
Iom store at 1.5O@ l .60-car lots S@1Oc
less Western range at 75c@S1 for COM
mon, to 81 .25@S1.40 for choice.
GREEN PEAS.-Choice jobs from store
at 95@S1.
GRASS SEED-Quiet. Clover, $4,000
4.6Oc; timothy, S1.75@1.S5; red-top. 80
@3Sc; millets and Hsngarian, 25@65c.
CORN MEAL-Quiet and steady at
S2.1OM2.15; pearl meal, $3.50, hominy
and grits, $2.6O@2.65-all city make or
orders. del.
POTATOES-Moveme small, as wealth
cr is too cold Burbank and beauty Of
herbon range at $53@5Sc, and rose at 81
@GOc.
CABBAGE-Quet. Choice Northern at
Sl4@ 6 j9ton: frosted at $1O@12. Choice
on orders, 81 fecrate.
HIDES-Green stock lower; dry steady.
Green salted-No. 1 at 7ac, No 2 at 9xc,
bull and stag at sc; uncured 1c D fb less
than cured; glue at &c. Dry flint-No. at
l2kc. Ne. 2 at 12Ac; bull and stag at 10c,
dry salt at 12c, damaged at 1Oc; glue at &c.
GREA>E-Dull. Brown and yellow, 2h
a3zc; white. 3h(g4c.
TALLOW Market quiet. Choice cake
and choice in oil bris, &c; do in irregular
pkgs " less; No. dull at 3k@3kc Rb,
bUTTER-Quiet, but steady and un-
changed; demand and trading light. Cream
ery-good TO choice 24@26c; selections
27@,2Sc, and Elgin more. Dairy-com-
mon Gncluding nearby make) 10@12c;
medium and good 15@2Oc; choice 1t1 23c,
and fancy selections a shade more. Roll
More plentiful, still selling fairly at S@1Oc
for common to 12@ L 4c for choice. Northi
ern ranges at 151 zoe.
CIIEESE-Steady, Wisconsin full cream,
11h@ lie; Illinois do, 10@11c; skins 80
3hc Tor hard, and 7@Sc for choice.
EGGS-Good stock steady at 24c, but
all frozen, old or picked stock sells for
much less.
DRESSED PoULTRY-The supply of
turkeys was quite liberal, and as demand
was langud, they ruled rather weak. with
bulk OF sales at S@Shc. Chickens continue
in good demand and were firm; small and
scrubby sold at 81 1.25@1 so, fair to good
S1.70@2.25, choice and fancy large at
S250@2.75; ducks for sale at 81. .25@3.25,
and geese at $3@6.
LIVE POULTRY-Entirely nominal
Not wanted.
HAY-Continued hight receipts and offer
ings, and an improved inquiry from both
the shipping and order interests, caused
prices to stifien up trifle, and the general
outlook was was more favorable than for
some gime past. Sales: On East track
common mixed timothy at $3.50, prime
do at 50 choice to fancy do at $500
9.75, choice timothy S10.50@1 l .00-latter
big bales. On West Side-Iowa prairie at
IS, prime Kansas do at 50, choice do Ito
arrive) at S10(g10.50. clover at $3.50,
prime timothy at $1o.50@11.00, strictly
prime do at S11.5O, choice do at $12@
1850, fancy do Ito arrive) at $3.50.
SHEEP PELTS-Green. 50@90 for fair
to choice large; dry 40170c; small lamb
skins, 30@50c. Shearlings-Green, 15@
2nc; dry, 1O@15c; Texas and territory, 10
"a l2c = 10.
FEATHERS-QuieS, but values steady and
unchanged. Prime live geese (white) at 40c in
large sacks. and Ale in small sacks (stock
largely gray at DC g ID less than prime
white); unriDe, quilly, etc, 80 35c; mixed
and old. 10@30c; chicken (dry picked),
| 4@5c: duck. 20c; tare, 3@10P cent.
LEAD-Just as dull as ever, only light
consumptive demand. Sales chemical hard
and soIt Missouri (both this side) at $50
-other descriptions were offered and un-
taken at this price.